The hotel for the Forum is the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway in San Francisco, at 1500 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109. Located in the heart of downtown between the neighborhoods of Nob Hill and Pacific Heights, the historic California Street cable car line is just steps away. The hotel is 2.5 miles from the San Francisco State University (SFSU) campus. Both the hotel and the campus are approximately 15 miles from the closest major airport, San Francisco International. The Forum regrets that it is NOT able to provide shuttle service to and from San Francisco International; however, there is a Super Shuttle available at a reasonable cost to transport passengers from the airport to their destinations. There WILL be a free shuttle bus running from the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway to the San Francisco State University campus on the day of the Forum. The shuttle bus will make 2 scheduled runs from the hotel to the campus in the morning at 9:15 am and 10:00 am and 2 trips from the campus back to the hotel in the afternoon at 3:15 pm and 4:00 pm. A block of rooms has been reserved for Forum recruiters for $129 plus tax on the nights of November 1 to November 5, 2012. To obtain the Forum's negotiated rate, call the hotel (888) 465-4329 by Tuesday, October 2, 2012 and reference Diversity Forum Recruiter Block or the Group Code SRZ.

For online reservations, go to: http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/san-francisco/sfogg/hoteldetail?groupCode=SDF. In the group code field, enter SDF if it does not automatically appear.

If the link above is not working, follow these instructions:

Go to www.holidayinn.com

Enter San Francisco, CA and desired dates in the selection criteria.

Click Find a Hotel

Select Holiday Inn: San Francisco Golden Gateway

Enter SRZ in the Group Code Field

Click Modify Search

The rate of $129 will now appear.

Cal Predoc Reception
On Friday night, November 2, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the Forum will host a reception for all registered recruiters and for the Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholars in attendance. The reception will be held in the Emerald Room at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway.

Directions to San Francisco State University from Holiday Inn Golden Gateway
From Hotel to Campus:

Campus address: 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

Head north on Van Ness Avenue toward California Street

Take the 1st RIGHT onto California Street

Turn RIGHT onto Hyde Street

Turn LEFT onto Golden Gate Avenue

Continue onto 6th Street

Take the ramp onto I-280 South

Take Exit 50 for CA-82 North toward CA-1 N/San Jose Avenue/ Mission St.

Merge onto CA-82 South/San Jose Avenue

Slight right onto Sagamore Street

Slight right onto Brotherhood Way

Turn right onto Chumasero Drive

At the traffic circle, take the 2nd EXIT onto Font Blvd.

At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on Font Blvd.

At the traffic circle, take the 1st EXIT onto Gonzalez Drive

Turn LEFT to stay on Gonzalez Drive

At the traffic circle, take the 2nd EXIT onto Varela Avenue

Turn LEFT onto Holloway Avenue

Parking:
There will be directional signs leading to the San Francisco State Parking Lot entrance on the Northwest side of the campus at the corner of State Drive and Lake Merced Boulevard. Once you turn onto State Drive, Parking Lots 19 and 20 will be open for parking for all Forum participants. Parking in the San Francisco State parking lots 19 and 20 will be free for that day.